The candy-filled gourds, in happier times I did some freelance work for Better Homes and Gardens again this year, along with my good pal Sarah, for Halloween segments on The Today Show. Specifically, last-minute Halloween decoration ideas. Sarah focused on pumpkin painting and assembling the body of our buddy, the scarecrow. I got crafty with […]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty

While I’m not vegan, I like a good self-imposed food challenge, especially when it comes to baked goods. How to replace eggs and butter, two prominent cookie ingredients, in particular? I was asked to come up with a “pumpkin spice cookie,” but I figured I’d go the extra mile in recipe-developing by finally buying my […]

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Hey, look, Pirate Safety Cone! Why not, right? A few things of note, in bullet form: -some old favorite freebies for the crocheters out there, in case you missed ’em: Indian corn and a ridiculously cute pumpkin, the pattern for which can now be found here on FaveCrafts. -I was chosen to be part of […]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty

Safety Cone is used to making new friends, as he is quite the friend magnet (hmm Safety Cone magnets hmm), but he’s not used to being personally requested by a book publisher to meet some special felt friends and be ready for a mini-photo shoot with them. We would need Safety Cone back-up, safety in […]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty